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spinnaker的意思
spinnaker
英 ['spnk]
美 ['spnk]
- n. 大三角帆
中文词源
spinnaker 大三角帆
可能来自 Sphinx,误发音成 Spinx,第一艘类似三角帆船的名字。另有观点认为来自该船俗称
英文词源
- spinnaker
- spinnaker: see sphinx
- spinnaker (n.)
- "large triangular sail," 1866, either a derivative of spin in the sense of "go rapidly" or a corrupt pronunciation of Sphinx, which was the name of the first yacht known to carry this type of sail.